Must-SeeVatican Museums and St. Peter's
About 2.5 miles away
Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel, and St. Peter's Basilica. Book the museums ahead.
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Basilica of San Clemente
Three layers of Rome stacked one on another: a medieval church, an older church beneath it and Roman houses below that.
- Open
- Every day; check the website for hours
- Price
- Free for the church; paid for the excavations below
- Time Needed
- 1 hour
- Address
- Via Labicana 95, 00184 RomeDirections
- Getting There
- A 5-minute walk from the Colosseum.
Why Go
The 12th-century church at street level has a glittering apse mosaic. Below it lies a 4th-century church, and below that Roman houses and a temple to the god Mithras.
At the lowest level you can hear an underground stream still running.
Nearby in Rome
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